% >> THE RAZOR THIN MARGINS OF
% WISCONSIN ELECTIONS MEANS
% NEITHER POLITICAL PARTY CAN TAKE
% ANY VOTER FOR GRANTED.
% LEADING UP TO THE MIDTERMS,
% DOCTDEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AE
% MAKING THEIR APPEALS TO HISPANIC
% AND LATINO VOTERS WITH MORE THAN
% SPEAKING A FEW LINES OF SPANISH
% AT A RALLY, BUT WITH EXPENSE I
% AND LABOR-INTENSIVE DOOR-TO-DOOR
% CAMPAIGNS.
% MARISA WOJCIK BRINGS US THE
% STORY.
% >> THE LATINX VOTE IS VERY
% IMPORTANT AND IT'S BEEN VERY
% CRITICAL IN WISCONSIN IN THE
% LAST MJOR RACES IN 2018 AND
% 2020.
% >> LIKE EVERY ELECTION SEASON,
% CAMPAIGNS ARE GETTING OUT AND
% TALKING TO VOTERS.
% BUT THIS YEAR'S MIDTERM
% ELECTIONS HAVE A PARTICULAR
% FOCUS ON THE HISPANIC AND LATINO
% VOTE IN WISCONSIN.
% >> OUTREACH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO
% MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
% ESPECIALLY DOOR-TO-DOOR
% CAMPAIGNS.
% >> WE DECIDED TO START
% MOBILIZING THE LATINX VOTE.
% >> CNN CNN IS THE CHRISTINE
% NUEMAN ORTIZ IS THE DIRECTOR OF
% VOCES DE LA FRONTERA AND THE ARM
% OF THEIR ORGANIZATION ENDORSES
% CANDIDATES.
% >> CANDIDATES THAT STAND WITH US
% ON IMMIGRANT AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
% WORKERS RIGHTS, AND EDUCATION
% RIGHTS.
% >> FOR VOCES, THOSE CANDIDATES
% HAVE BEEN DEMOCRATS.
% AND HISTORICALLY HISPANIC AND
% LATINO VOTERS HAVE FAVORED THIS
% PARTY.
% >> THEY VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
% AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
% >> BEN MARQUEZ IS A POLITICAL
% SCIENCE PROFESSOR.
% SPECIALIZING IN CHICANO AND
% LATINO STUDIES.
% >> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO HAVE A
% GOOD STRATEGY FOR REACHING OUT
% TO LATINO VOTES.
% THEY HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT ON THE
% GROUND.
% THEY HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT
% THE ELECTION IS IMPORTANT, THAT
% THEIR VOTE MATTERS, AND THAT
% THEY SHOULD GO TO ALL OF THIS
% TROUBLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR
% A PARTY THAT OFTENTIMES IT
% DOESN'T DELIVER.
% >> WHEN DEMOCRATS DON'T DELIVER,
% SUPPORT FOR THEM ISN'T
% GUARANTEED.
% >> IN 2020, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO
% DROP OFF OF LATINO PARTICIPATION
% COMPARED TO 2016.
% PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST
% REJECT TRUMP, L LATINOS LIKE OTR
% VOTERS, WANT TO KNOW, WHAT DO
% YOU OFFER?
% WHAT IS THE CHANGE THAT YOU
% OFFER?
% >> ENTER REPUBLICANS.
% >> HISPANIC VOTERS HAVE BEEN,
% BASICALLY, BEEN TAKEN GRANTED BY
% DEMOCRATS.
% >> FLORIDA SENATOR RICK SCOTT
% CHAIRS THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
% SENATOR CORRAL COMMITTEE.
% AND LAUNCHED THE OPERACION VAMOS
% CAMPAIGN IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.
% >> THEY HAVE TO GET ENOUGH TO
% DENY THE DEMOCRATS AN ELECTION.
% >> CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE THEY
% HAVE MORE TO OFFER BASED ON THE
% TOP ISSUES FOR HISPANIC AND
% LATINO VOTERS.
% >> NUMBER ONE IS JOBS.
% NUMBER TWO IS JOBS.
% AND THAT'S NUMBER THREE AS WELL.
% >> IT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD, IT'S
% THEIR FAITH, IT'S THEIR KIDS,
% AND IT'S THE SAFETY OF THEIR
% COMMUNITIES WHAT THEY ARE
% FOCUSED ON.
% >> REPUBLICANS HAVE A FEW
% STRATEGIES IN THEIR CAMPAIGN.
% THE FIRST IS ON ISSUES.
% AT THE DOORS IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE,
% HELDER TOSTE DOESN'T NEED TO
% PROMPT ANYONE ABOUT CANDIDATES,
% ELECTIONS, OR EVEN THE
% REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE SIMPLY
% ASKS, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN
% THEIR LIVES?
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
% AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS
% HERE ON THIS ROAD.
% CARS DRIVE FAST LIKE IT WAS A
% FREEWAY AND, TRULY, IT'S
% DANGEROUS.
% THEY COME OUT TO PLAY AND
% SUDDENLY THE BALL GOES.
% AND A CAR IS GOING BY AND IT'S
% VERY SERIOUS, VERY DANGEROUS.
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> I HAVE A SON WHO IS HYPER
% ACTIVE IN A SPECIAL CLASS AND
% THEY GOT RID OF ALL OF THIS HELP
% IN THE CLASS IN THE PUBLIC
% SCHOOLS.
% >> ASSAULTS, SHOOTINGS,
% ROBBERIES, IT HAS INCREASED A
% LOT.
% MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S SAFETY
% BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU ARE SEEING
% WHAT IS HAPPENING AND YOU START
% TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.
% >> THE SECOND STRATEGY POINTS A
% FINGER AT THE PARTY CURRENTLY IN
% POWER.
% >> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
% HAS DONE HIS JOB?
% GOOD JOB?
% OR BAD JOB?
% >> A BAD JOB.
% BECAUSE HE HASN'T ACCOMPLISHED
% WHAT HE PROMISED.
% >> THEY NEED RESULTS MORE THAN
% THEY NEED PARTY LOYALTY.
% >> AND FINALLY, PERHAPS MOST
% ESSENTIAL, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP.
% >> YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR 20
% YEARS, HAS A POLITICAL PARTY
% EVER CALLED YOU OR CONTACTED
% YOU?
% >> NOTHING.
% >> AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT
% COMES FROM?
% >> WELL, TRULY BECAUSE WE ARE
% MEXICANS.
% THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO US.
% >> HISPANIC VOTERS ARE WAY MORE
% INCLINED TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, AS
% LONG AS REPUBLICANS REACH OUT
% AND TALK TO THEM.
% THEY ARE FED UP WITH THE PUBLIC
% SCHOOL SYSTEM AROUND THE COUNTRY
% RIGHT NOW.
% THEY WANT A BETTER ECONOMIC
% MARKET.
% THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE
% INFLATION.
% THEY WANT TO LIVE IN SAFE
% COMMUNITIES.
% IF WE TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES,
% THEN WE ARE GOING TO WIN
% ELECTIONS.
% >> ONE ISSUE THAT MAY SEEM
% COUNTER INTUITIVE FOR HISPANIC
% AND LATINOS TO SUPPORT
% REPUBLICANS ON IS IMMIGRATION.
% MARIA SAYS IMMIGRATION IS THE
% MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR HER AND
% WHY SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT HURTS.
% BECAUSE WE CAME THE SAME WAY.
% WE GOT LUCKY.
% BUT WE ARE THE SAME.
% >> MARQUEZ SAYS THIS IS TIED TO
% THE IMMIGRANT IDENTITY HAS BEEN
% SHOWN TO FADE OVER TIME.
% >> WITH EACH SUCCEEDING
% GENERATION OF LATINOS LIVING IN
% THE UNITED STATES, THE FURTHER
% AWAY THEY GET FROM THAT, AND SO
% THE LATINOS HAD VOTED, YOU KNOW,
% VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
% ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICY, SAW
% WHAT BORDER ENFORCEMENT WAS, AND
% HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW
% IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING TREATED,
% BUT THEY LOOK AT AND THAT AND
% SAY, WELL, THAT IS NOT ME.
% >> EVEN MARIA SAYS ONE OF HER
% CHILDREN IS REPUBLICAN.
% >> MOST OF MINE IS DEMOCRATS.
% I KNOW OLDEST IS NOT.
% >> THAT IS NOT TO SAY THE
% DEMOCRATS DON'T HOLD THE
% ADVANTAGE.
% >> TWO OUT OF THREE LATINO
% VOTERS SEE THE VALUE IN A LARGE
% SOCIAL WELFARE STATE, CIVIL
% RIGHTS PROTECTION, AND THEY ARE
% WILLING TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS.
% >> THE HISPANIC AND LATINO
% POPULATION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
% FASTEST GROWING IN THE UNITED
% STATES.
% MAKING THIS SHIFTING VOTING
% BLOCK ALL THE MORE CRUCIAL.
% >> FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS IN
% WISCONSIN, LATINOS HAVE BEEN THE
% LARGEST SEGMENT OF GROWTH.
% >> ABOUT HALF, IF NOT MORE NOW,
% OF ALL WISCONSIN DARE ROADWAY DS
% ARE LATINOS.
% THEY ARE FILLING THE VOID.
% >> IN A STATE LIKE WISCONSIN
% WHERE ELECTIONS ARE FAMOUSLY
% CLOSE, CAMPAIGNS ARE TRYING TO
% REACH EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY
% VOTER, OR EVERY PERSON WHO KNOWS
% A VOTER.
% >> THERE IS A GENERATION OF
% CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS
% WHO ARE TURNING 18 EVERY YEAR
% THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
% 11,000 IN 2020 TURNED 18,
% ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST
% TIME, THOSE PARENTS ARE
% UNDOCUMENTED.
% IN A STATE WHERE THE MARGIN IS
% 18,000 TO 23,000.
% THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
% DECISIVE.
% BUT IF THEY FEEL THAT THE
% DEMOCRATS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH,
% THEN THEY FEEL LIKE DROPPING
% OUT.
% >> IN ESSENCE, TURNOUT MATTERS.
% >> BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW UP.
% CANDIDATES HAVE TO SHOW UP AND
% WE HAVE TO TALK TO VOTERS.
% ALL VOTERS.
% >> IF THEY MAKE AN END ROAD TO
% THE LATINO POPULATION, THEY'VE
% GOT A WINNING FORMULA.
% >> REPORTING FOR HERE AND NOW
% I'M MARISA WOJCIK.